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Zimmerman, B. J. (1999). Attaining self-regulation: A social cognitive perspective. In M. Boekaerts, M. Zeidner, & P. R. Pintrich (Eds.), Handbook of self-regulation. Elsevier Science. Retrieved from https://books.google.com/books?id=rv3DZSim6z4C
Key take-aways:
- Triad: "A social cognitive perspective is distinctive in viewing self-regulation as an interaction of personal, behavioral, and environmental triadic processes"
- Cyclical phases: "From a social cognitive perspective, self-regulatory processes and accompanying beliefs fall into three cyclical phases: forethought, performance or volitional control, and self-reflection processes"
- Developmental Levels of Regulatory Skill: Observation, Emulation, Self-control, Self-regulation
This chapter will define self-regulation and will discuss the structure of self-regulatory systems, social and physical environmental context influences on self-regulation, dysfunctions in selfregulation, and self-regulatory development. (p. 1)
A TRIADIC DEFINITION OF SELF-REGULATION (p. 1)
A social cognitive perspective is distinctive in viewing self-regulation as an interaction of personal, behavioral, and environmental triadic processes (Bandura, 1986). (p. 1)
Selfregulation refers to self-generated thoughts, feelings, and actions that are planned and cyclically adapted to the attainment of personal goals. (p. 2)
This personal agency formulation also differs from metacognitivc views of self-regulation that emphasize only knowledge states and deductive reasoning when, for example, choosing cognitive strategies. Although metacognition plays an important role, self-regulation also depends on self-beliefs and affective reactions, such as doubts and fears, about specific performance contexts (Zimmerman, 1995b). (p. 2)
Contextually related selfprocesses, such as perceived efficacy, have been shown to be well suited to explaining variations in personal motivation to self-regulate one's performance (Bandura, 1997; Pajares & Miller, 1994; Zimmerman, 1995a). (p. 2)
Self-regulation is described as cyclical because the feedback from prior performance is used to make adjustments during current efforts. Such adjustments arc necessary because personal, behavioral, and environmental factors are constantly changing during the course of learning and performance, and must be observed or monitored using three self-oriented feedback loops (see Figure 1). (p. 2)
Behavioral self-regulation involves selfobserving and strategically adjusting performance processes, such as one's method of learning, whereas environmental self-regulation refers to observing and adjusting environmental conditions or outcomes. Covert selfregulation involves monitoring and adjusting cognitive and affective states, such as imagery for remembering or relaxing. (p. 2)
Thus, self-regulation involves triadic processes that are proactively as well as rcactively adapted for the attainment of personal goals. (p. 3)
II. THE STRUCTURE OF SELF-REGULATORY SYSTEMS (p. 3)
It has been argued that every person attempts to self-regulate his or her functioning in some way to gain goals in life and that it is inaccurate to speak about un-self-regulated persons or even the absence of self-regulation (Winne, 1997). (p. 3)
From a social cognitive perspective, self-regulatory processes and accompanying beliefs fall into three cyclical phases: forethought, performance or volitional control, and self-reflection processes (see Figure 2). Forethought refers to influential processes that precede efforts to act and set the stage for it. Performance or volitional control involves processes that occur during motoric efforts and affect attention and action. Selfreflection involves processes that occur after performance efforts and influence a person's response to that experience. These self-reflections, in turn, influence forethought regarding subsequent motoric efforts—thus completing a selfregulatory cycle. (p. 4)
A. FORETHOUGHT PHASE (p. 4)
There are two distinctive but closely linked categories of forethought: (1) task analysis and (2) self-motivational beliefs (see Table 1). (p. 4)
A key form of task analysis involves the setting of goals. (p. 4)
The goal systems of highly self-regulated individuals are organized hierarchically, such that process goals operate as proximal regulators of more distal outcome goals. (p. 5)
A second form of task analysis is strategic planning (Weinstein & Mayer, 1986). (p. 5)
Thus, as a result of diverse and changing intrapersonal, interpersonal, and contextual conditions, self-regulated individuals must continuously adjust their goals and choice of strategies. (p. 5)
Underlying forethought processes of goal setting and strategic planning are a number of key self-motivational beliefs: self-efficacy, outcome expectations, intrinsic interest or valuing, and goal orientation. As was noted earlier, self-efficacy refers to personal beliefs about having the means to learn or perform effectively, whereas outcome expectations refer to beliefs about the ultimate ends of performance (Bandura, 1997). (p. 5)
self-regulatory efficacy beliefs causally influence use of such regulatory processes as academic learning strategies (Schunk & Schwartz, 1993; Zimmerman, Bandura, & Martinez-Pons, 1992), academic time management (Britton & Tcssor, 1991), resisting adverse peer pressures (Bandura, Barbaranelli, Caprara & Pastorelli, 1996b), selfmonitoring (Bouffard-Bouchard, Parent, & Larivee, 1991), self-evaluation, and goal setting (Zimmerman & Bandura, 1994). (p. 6)
Self-regulated learners feel self-efficacious in part because they have adopted hierarchical process goals for themselves whose progressive mastery provides them with immediate satisfaction rather than requiring them to suspend any sense of success until a final outcome goal is attained. There is evidence that process goal attainment can become intrinsically motivating in its own right and can even outweigh attainment of superordinatc outcome goals (Schunk & Schwartz, 1993; Zimmerman & Kitsantas, 1997). (p. 6)
B. PERFORMANCE OR VOLITIONAL CONTROL PHASE (p. 6)
Two major types of performance or volitional control processes have been studied to date: self-control and self-observation. Self-control processes, such as self-instruction, imagery, attention focusing, and task strategies, help learners and performers to focus on the task and optimize their effort. (p. 6)
A third form of self-control, attention focusing, is designed to improve one's concentration and screen out other covert processes or external events. (p. 7)
The second type of volition or performance control process involves selfobservation. This refers to a person's tracking of specific aspects of their own performance, the conditions that surround it, and the effects that it produces (Zimmerman & Paulsen, 1995). Although this skill may seem elemental, it is not, because the amount of information involved in complex performances can easily inundate naive self-observers and typically can lead to disorganized or cursory self-monitoring. (p. 7)
Self-observation can lead to cycles of self-experimentation (Bandura, 1991). When self-observation of natural variations in behavior docs not provide decisive diagnostic information, people can engage in personal experimentation by systematically varying the aspects of their functioning that are in question. (p. 9)
C. SELF-REFLECTION PHASE (p. 9)
Bandura (1986) has identified two self-reflective processes that are closely associated with self-observation: self-judgment and self-reactions. Selfjudgment involves self-evaluating one's performance and attributing causal significance to the results. Self-evaluation refers to comparing selfmonitored information with a standard or goal, such as a sprinter judging practice runs according to his or her best previous effort. (p. 9)
Judgments vs. evaluation
Interesting distinction highlighted here. (p. 9)
There are four distinctive types of criteria that people use to evaluate themselves: mastery, previous performance, normative, and collaborative. (p. 9)
normative criteria involve social comparisons with the performance of others, such as classmates or a national population that was tested. (p. 10)
Finally, a collaborative criterion is used primarily in team endeavors (Bandura, 1991). Under these common but more complex circumstances, success is defined in terms of fulfilling a particular role, such as the point guard on a basketball team. The criteria of success for a point guard are different than those used for the other team positions, and how well a point guard can work cooperatively with his or her teammates becomes the ultimate criterion of success. (p. 10)
A potentially fruitful analogy for assessing knowledge building (p. 10)
Self-evaluative judgments are linked to causal attributions about the results, such as whether poor performance is due to one's limited ability or to insufficient effort. These attributional judgments are pivotal to selfreflection, because attributions of errors to a fixed ability prompt learners to react negatively and discourage efforts to improve (Weiner, 1979). (p. 10)
When self-satisfaction is made conditional on reaching adopted goals, people give direction to their actions and create selfincentives to persist in their efforts. Thus, a person's motivation does not stem from the goals themselves, but rather from self-evaluative reactions to behavioral outcomes. (p. 11)
Adaptive or defensive inferences are conclusions about how one needs to alter his or her self-regulatory approach during subsequent efforts to learn or perform. Adaptive inferences are important because they direct people to new and potentially better forms of performance self-regulation, such as by shifting the goals hierarchically or choosing a more effective strategy (Zimmerman & Martinez-Pons, 1992). In contrast, defensive inferences serve primarily to protect the person from future dissatisfaction and aversive affect, but unfortunately they also undermine successful adaptation. (p. 11)
Garcia and Pintrich (1994) have referred to such defensive reactions as self-handicapping strategies, because, despite their intended protectiveness, they ultimately limit personal growth. (p. 11)
III. SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON SELF-REGULATION (p. 12)
Selfinitiated processes alter one's social and physical environment, and are in turn affected by those changes, such as when a mother puts a note on the refrigerator (an environmental cue) to remind herself or other family members (a social resource) to buy milk. (p. 12)
Even with the seemingly solitary and highly personal craft of writing, there is abundant evidence (Zimmerman & Riscmberg, 1997) of the value of social and physical environmental regulation techniques, such as emulating the styles of exemplary models, soliciting assistance from teachers or confidants, and restructuring the writing setting. (p. 12)
Thus, the social and physical environment is viewed by social cognitive researchers as a resource for self-enhancing forethought, performance or volitional control, and self-reflection. Modeling and instruction serve as a primary vehicle through which parents, teachers, and communities socially convey self-regulatory skills, such as persistence, self-praise, and adaptive (p. 13)
self-reactions to children. Conversely, when social models demonstrate impulsiveness, self-criticism, or defensive self-reactions, or when social groups reward or accept such actions, a wide array of personal dysfunctions often ensue. (p. 14)
IV. DYSFUNCTIONS IN SELF-REGULATION (p. 14)
Low self-regulatory skill is associated with a wide range of personal problems. For example, there is evidence that students who have trouble self-regulating their academic studying achieve more poorly in school (Zimmerman and MartinezPons, 1986, 1988) and present more deportment problems for their teachers (Brody, Stoneman, & Flor, 1996). (p. 14)
A lack of social learning experiences is the first important source of self-regulatory dysfunctions. Many forms of self-regulation are difficult to learn by individuals who grow up in homes or communities where they are not taught, modeled, or rewarded. (p. 15)
A second personal limitation that leads to dysfunctions in self-regulation is motivational; namely, the presence of apathy or disinterest. (p. 15)
Mood disorders, such as mania or depression, are a third personal limitation that can cause major dysfunctions in self-regulation. (p. 16)
A fourth common dysfunction in self-regulation is associated with the presence of learning disabilities, such as cognitive problems in concentration, recall, reading, and writing. (p. 16)
V. DEVELOPMENT OF SELF-REGULATORY SKILL (p. 16)
Although it is possible to develop self-regulatory competence by personal discovery, this path is often tedious, frustrating, and limited in its effectiveness. (p. 16)
Fortunately, self-regulatory processes can be acquired from and are sustained by social as well as self sources of influence. (p. 17)
According to a social cognitive perspective (Schunk & Zimmerman, 1997; Zimmerman & Bonner, in press), the acquisition of a wide range of task competencies, from personal care skills to academic learning strategies, emerge in a series of regulatory skill levels. (p. 17)
In addition to strategic skill, models convey associated self-regulatory processes, such as performance standards, motivational orientations, and values that observers can use personally during subsequent developmental phases. (p. 17)
An observational level of proficiency can be assessed through strategy descriptions or vicarious performance predictions (Zimmerman & Blom, 1983). (p. 17)
An emulation level of self-regulatory skill is attained when a learner's behavioral performance approximates the general strategic form of the model. (p. 18)
Attainment of a third, self-controlled level of self-regulatory skill occurs when learners master the use of a skill in structured settings outside the presence of models, such as when a pianist can play scales fluidly in the major and minor keys. (p. 18)
A self-regulated level of task skill is achieved when learners can systematically adapt their performance to changing personal and contextual conditions. (p. 18)
Because selfregulatory skill is context dependent, new performance problems can uncover limitations in existing strategies and require additional social learning experiences. Unlike developmental stage models, this formulation does not assume learners must advance through the four levels in an invariant sequence or that once the highest level is attained, it will be used universally. Instead, like learning hierarchy models, it assumes that students who master each skill level in sequence will learn more easily and effectively. (p. 19)
Although level 4 learners have the competence to perform sclf-rcgulatively, they may not choose to do so because of the motivational or contextual factors that were discussed at the outset of this chapter. Intentional forethought, proactive performance effort, and self-reflection arc mentally and physically demanding activities, and a person may decide to forego their use if he or she feels tired, disinterested, or uncommitted. (p. 19)
VI. FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS (p. 20)
First, research on the effects of goal shifting during self-controlled learning (Zimmerman & Kitsantas, 1997) needs to be extended to new tasks to determine whether these goal effects are a general or a task-specific phenomenon. (p. 20)
Second, research also is needed to extend the distinction between the observational and emulation levels to determine if these vicarious learning effects arc general or limited in scope (Kitsantas et al., 1999). (p. 21)
Third, the distinction between the second (emulation) level and the third (self-control) level should be tested in future research. (p. 21)
If these efforts to extend this social cognitive model are successful, they will indicate specifically how human self-regulatory development can be facilitated using social models. (p. 21)
A key pedagogical issue regarding socially initiated selfregulatory training is when to withdraw the various forms of modeling support. Although social models are advantageous in conveying high quality methods of task skill, they may inhibit learners from assuming self-direction unless these models are phased out as soon as possible. (p. 21)
VII. A CONCLUDING COMMENT (p. 22)
A social cognitive perspective differs markedly from theoretical traditions that seek to define self-regulation as a singular internal state, trait, or stage that is genetically endowed or personally discovered. Instead it is defined in terms of contextspecific processes that are used cyclically to achieve personal goals. These processes entail more than metacognitive knowledge and skill; they also include affective and behavioral processes, and a resilient sense of selfefficacy to control them. The cyclical interdependence of these processes, reactions, and beliefs was described in terms of three sequential phases: forethought, performance or volitional control, and self-reflection. (p. 22)


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"Dinner Spinner" will air Saturday mornings on the CW, starting October 1.
Magazine branded TV shows are nothing new, but Meredith has put a new, er, spin on the concept. The company announced it will debut "Dinner Spinner" October 1 on CW, an extension of Allrecipes' mobile app.
The weekly Saturday morning TV show will air at 11 am, and will feature two competitors going head-to-head to create the best meal. Similar to Food Network's "Chopped," the competition will welcome a rotating panel of celebrity guest judges who will weigh in on the contestants' meals. The show will be hosted by chef and TV personality Gabe Kennedy.
An app-inspired TV show is certainly novel, but Meredith suggests the extension makes perfect sense. "Extending this unique blend of premium content to additional channels—with our highly-engaged Allrecipes community and influencers at the center—will further fuel the passion and excitement for our industry-leading brand," says Jon Werther, president of Meredith National Media Group.


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Inner London motorway system planned in the 1970s but never built (hence the horrendous jams today). Term can be used for any worthwhile government project that never materialises, such as the often touted "Birmingham underground" system.
The government will never build an underground system in Birmingham. It will be just like the London Box. Maybe there was a deal in the 1960s that Birmingham will get reasonable roads and London will get reasonable trains.
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DANBURY, Conn. -- Adam Fox and six other rising freshmen from Danbury spent 10 days "roughing it" in the Daniel Barden Adventure Scholarships in the Adirondacks.
"Roughing it,'' at least in the 2016 sense, would have merely been termed simply "camping" 30 or 40 years ago. But with no cellphones, iPads, computers or other technological gadgets, coupled with strenuous physical demands, the experience opened the eyes of Adam and the other teenagers for whom a reliance on technology for entertainment has become a way of life .
"It definitely was an adjustment,'' Adam said. "I had to get used to not having a computer or being able to watch anything. By the second or third day, I was starting to get comfortable with it. I was not used to not having any technology near me."
The adventure is named after Daniel Barden, one of the Sandy Hook Elementary School students slain in the 2012 shootings. Students are selected for the adventure from a competitive selection process. The adventure is paid for by a scholarship set up through the Daniel Barden Mudfest, a trail race run each April in upstate New York.
Melissa and Dan Williams organize the race and the summer adventures. Dan's sister, Karin, lives next to the Bardens in Sandy Hook. Frank LaBanca, Dan's brother-in-law, is the principal at Westside Middle School Academy in Danbury. Frank, Karin, and Jessica and David Poyer, Dan's sister and brother-in-law, also help with the coordination of the Mudfest and Adventure program.
After attending young Daniel's funeral, Melissa and Dan felt compelled to start a scholarship program for the other two Barden children. They also wanted to create a benefit to help other children explore the outdoors.
"We think being outdoors is a big part of a young person's mental well-being,'' Melissa said.
She said the purpose the adventure is to challenge the young teenagers and have them learn more about themselves. "We wanted them to be with complete strangers to find out who they are,'' Melissa said. "We wanted to get them outside and away from their phones and televisions."
The students from Danbury who attended the adventure over two sessions along with Adam, were Sarah Johnson, Robert Ivansco, Bruno Guzman, Jessica Quieros, Adamaris Lopez and Anita Castro. Students from central New York were also part of the adventure.
The teenagers traveled by canoe for 10 days on Tupper Lake, navigating 78 miles during their excursions. They carried canoes for up to a mile to their camp sites when they stopped for the night. They also had to set up their camp, cook their own meals and find their own entertainment. Pokeman Go was a goner ... at least for the duration of the trip.
"I really liked the challenge of it,'' Adam said. "I didn't think canoeing would be as hard as it was. I got pretty tired. I didn't know it was possible to get so tired from canoeing or that I'd get these really nasty blisters on my hands."
On the final night of the trip, the students found themselves separated from others by about 150 yards. They endured a "24-hour solo", Williams said, with nothing more than a whistle that they could use in emergencies, a little bit of food and their camping equipment.
"We had to improvise on our area in the woods,'' Adam said. "It was hard, but I knew I could get through it. We had to find a way to do it." Students were also given a journal and were asked to write themselves a letter that they turned over to the guides and will be mailed to them later.
Adam said he came away from the camp less inclined to dial into technological gadgetry and spend more time enjoying the outdoors. That's precisely the idea of why Melissa and Dan started the camp.
"It was a little awkward at first, getting back to the usual routine after 10 days away,'' Adam said. "Now, I still spend a decent amount of time on the computer. But I also know there are other things to do. Sometimes I'll go out for a run for a couple of miles, and before I'd never used to do that. I find there are a lot of things I can do without a gadget."
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John E. Matheny had a thriving financial planning business, with $35 million in assets under management, until three years ago. That's when the planner confronted disorder in his own finances.
After what he describes as "a perfect storm" of personal and financial misfortunes - including the breakup of his marriage, an unexpected surgery on his neck and the crash of the Florida real estate market in which he was heavily invested - he filed for protection under Chapter 7 of the federal bankruptcy code in December 2009. Matheny's bankruptcy led the Certified Financial Planner Board's Disciplinary and Ethics Commission a year ago to suspend his right to use the CFP certification marks.
But while he recognizes his errors, Matheny isn't discouraged by the bankruptcy and the related CFP suspension. In fact, he ultimately believes it will make him a better financial planner. "Going through what I went through will make me more empathetic to my clients. When clients do not like leverage, that carries much stronger weight with me now. I can understand a lot more about people not wanting leverage and debt anymore," says Matheny, who will not be able to reapply for his CFP certification marks until 2013.
Some industry leaders agree that the client-advising abilities of some planners who've filed for bankruptcy may actually improve once they emerge from their personal fiscal fiasco. Considering that the number of planners who've filed for bankruptcy is swelling, that viewpoint may offer some consolation.
Amid the recession, personal bankruptcies filed by the U.S. population totaled 1.41 million during the 12-month period ending Sept. 30, 2011, down almost 8% from the previous year but still up 40% from the prerecession 12-month period ending Sept. 30, 2008. The CFP Board reports that the number of its members who filed for bankruptcy rose to 48 last year from 28 cases in 2010, and up from the eight reported to the board in 2009.
Based on current regulations, a planner who declares bankruptcy and reports the filing to the CFP Board, as required, triggers and automatic disciplinary investigation. In those instances, investigators from the CFP Board's Disciplinary and Ethics Commission attempt to determine whether extenuating circumstances made the bankruptcy filing impossible for the planner to avoid. Or they may consider whether the bankruptcy filing indicates that the planner is unfit to help manage clients' finances. The CFP Board may issue a formal admonition, or suspend or revoke a member's certification as a result.
However, with bankruptcies becoming more common, the CFP Board has proposed changing the way the organization handlees members who file bankruptcies. The board is considering whether to replace the current disciplinary approach to cases involving a single bankruptcy with a policy that requires only for planners to disclose a bankruptcy filing publicly. As proposed, the rule change would mean the CFP Board will no longer investigate planners simply because they identify on a certification application or certification renewal application that they have filed a single bankruptcy.
In January, the board asked for comments from CFP professionals and others on the proposed rule change. As of last month, it had already received about 250 responses. "People are very passionate about this issue," says Michael Shaw, a managing director for the CFP Board who supervises both the professional standards and legal departments.
"They are either very much in favor of the notion that, if you are a CFP professional, you should never file a bankruptcy," Shaw adds, "or that a bankruptcy is something a client doesn't need to know about, that just because you filed a bankruptcy doesn't mean you wouldn't do a good job for your clients." Shaw says his staff will review the comments - the deadline to submit them was last month, although tweaking the proposal and extending the deadline was being considered - before going to the board for final approval.
Under the current proposal, a planner like Matheny whom the CFP Board disciplined due to a single bankruptcy would have the option of having that disciplinary action reversed and having the board issue a press release announcing the retraction. But unless the organization approves the proposed changes, during what Shaw refers to as "this transition period," the board will make no reversals or retractions.
Edward Mora, who served on CFP's Board's Disciplinary and Ethics committee for five years, including as chairman last year, says planners who file for bankruptcy may indeed receive valuable and cautionary lessons from their insolvency that ultimately they could teach clients. "If they are up front when clients ask them about the bankruptcies, it could be a story of redemption. I can see it being very useful as a learning experience," Mora says.
Sheryl Garrett, founder of the Garrett Planning Network, adds, "Sometimes, the most powerful lessons we learn in life are painful. Bankruptcies are definitely painful. It's got to be one of the most embarrassing things that can happen to a financial planner. But it doesn't mean they shouldn't have the same rights as other people who file bankruptcy and get to keep their jobs," she says.
Garrett last summer volunteered to help the CFP Board hear the defenses of financial planners facing disciplinary investigations, including ones who had filed bankruptcies and triggered the probes. To determine whether a bankruptcy filing merits an admonition, suspension or revocation of a license, Garrett believes CFP investigators must examine details behind a planner's money woes. She considers if the planner sought protections under Chapter 13 of the bankruptcy code, seeking only a reorganization of liabilities while maintaining a commitment to pay lenders as much as possible during a three- to five-year period.
Garrett believes the CFP Board should evaluate much more sternly planners who are Chapter 7 bankruptcy filers. Chapter 7, or what's often referred to as liquidation, is usually an attempt to wipe a liability slate clean by agreeing to keep only minimum assets but otherwise extricating the bankruptcy filer from any future payments to lenders.
Another key question for Garrett: Was the underlying financial pain self-inflicted? Or did unforeseen events - a medical crisis or divorce - play a pivotal role? "I don't think the public would blame a financial advisor who had good health insurance but had to declare bankruptcy because some medical problem created huge costs nonetheless," she says.
Alternatively, she learned while volunteering for the CFP Board about one planner who'd filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy after taking on excessive leverage and establishing concentrated positions in risky markets. "If he had put any of his clients in those positions, I would really have a problem," Garrett says. She questioned the wisdom of giving that planner a second chance and, at a minimum, thought about suggesting he retake the board's exams before reapplying for his certification.
With the bankruptcy court case closed but his certification suspension still pending, Matheny works helping a group of planners in Cornelius, N.C., at Invest Financial Corp. He says he gives people the same level of care and advice as he did previously, but does not hold himself out as a certified financial planner. The group has $30 million in assets under management.
Matheny looks forward to reapplying for his certification as a financial planner. "I love what I do. I love being able to help. I don't think that bankruptcy has a negative impact on the quality of the advising that I will be doing as a financial planner," he says.
His bankruptcy, Matheny says, occurred despite his careful structuring of real estate investments to maintain a 50% equity stake at all times. At one point, he had invested nearly $2 million in residential real estate in Florida. But when the downturn came, it hit hard and fast, and Matheny had no time to get out. "The market just crashed," Matheny recalls.
So fast and so precipitous were the price drops at a time when his marriage and health failed him, Matheny never recovered his financial footing. According to court records, Matheny and his now ex-wife discharged claims that topped $2 million without payment.
Since he was hospitalized for weeks after his neck surgery, Matheny's bookkeeping fell behind and that hurt him too, he says, when the time came to explain his Chapter 7 filing to the CFP Board. He missed a deadline for responding to the board's request for information about his bankruptcy - a mistake noted unfavorably by the panel conducting his disciplinary investigation.
Initially, the board suspended Matheny's certification for one year. Matheny appealed, hoping for a better outcome. But the second hearing led to a worse outcome - a two-year suspension.
Matheny hardly casts blame on the CFP Board. "I think it's a great organization. Obviously, they had to pass out some kind of sanction for my bankruptcy." He adds: "I am more dedicated to the industry now."
Many bankruptcies do not lead to industry sanctions. The cause of the bankruptcy and a planner's actions before, during and after also weigh heavily. An unexpected and lengthy hospital stay preceded a Chapter 7 bankruptcy filed by Craig Alan Horner, a planner for Magis Group in San Diego.
Horner filed his case in February 2010 and it closed in June of that year. With the bankruptcy, he discharged some $500,000 in claims without payment, according to court records. In March 2011, the CFP Board issued Horner a letter of admonition, stating that he "displayed an inability to manage his personal finances and, by filing the bankruptcy, engaged in conduct which reflects adversely on his integrity and fitness as a CFP professional." But notably, the board did not revoke or suspend his CFP certification.
Horner believes he helped the investigators fully understand his plight by sending them copies of the $300,000 he had tallied in medical bills. An auto accident had put him in the hospital. His doctors failed to discover until four days into his stay that his colon had burst - creating a life-threatening situation, the need for emergency-trauma surgery, six weeks of hospitalization and months of recuperation.
As a result, Horner was incapable of seeing clients or otherwise working, and had to sell his practice. He had purchased two disability insurance policies but income from those failed to meet the high cost of living to which his family had grown accustomed.
Ultimately, Horner says, the experience taught him a valuable lesson that he applied initially to his own situation and now dispenses to clients. He had been supporting an ex-wife living in Europe and adult children.
With the bankruptcy and the reality it cast on his financial resources, he rethought his spending and, he says, only then realized: "Lo and behold, it was better for the [adult children's] self-esteem to take hold of their own lives."
Horner now advises clients with financial constraints to curtail support of adult children and even spouses, former or current (unless they are legally obligated to do so) . Horner also follows another simple rule: "I only keep a debit card in my wallet," he says. FP
Miriam Rozen is a staff reporterat Texas Lawyer in Dallas.
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Raising the stakes in the federal government's war against medical marijuana, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has warned more than 150 Los Angeles landlords that they risk arrest and the loss of their properties if they continue renting to cannabis dispensaries.
The two-page letter sent last week by Timothy J. Landrum, DEA special agent in charge of the Los Angeles office, has whipped up worries among landlords and dispensary operators in a region that has seen a proliferation of the businesses in the last two years.
"I'm devastated," said Lisa Sawoya, who left her lucrative job selling high-tech hospital equipment to open a dispensary 18 months ago in Hollywood. "My landlord believes in cannabis as medicine. But they're taking the letter very seriously. So I'll be closing my doors at the end of this month."
Sarah Pullen, a DEA spokeswoman in Los Angeles, said the purpose of the letters was to "educate" property owners at risk because they were housing marijuana dispensaries.


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Artist: Wumpscut
CD Title: Schrekk & Grauss
Label: Metropolis Records
Genre: Classic Industrial/ Experimental
Website: www.wumpscut.com
Reviewer: Michael Kurt
Buy: http://www.metropolis-mailorder.com/digital.php?prodnum=MET+712D
This review is split in to 2 parts, for the new comer, and for the wumpscut fan. If you do not know who wumpscut is, or have only bought one album (post 2000, or at Hot Topic), then you are a new comer, and you still matter, just not as much.
:Wumpscut: is a pinnacle part of modern industrial history, a vital member of the scene, and a dance club must for those elitist rivetheads. No question about it. I personally own an obscene amount of :Wumpscut: albums, and have followed them accordingly throughout the years. The thing about :Wumpscut: is that there are so very many albums in so many years, that it is hard to talk about them. A lot of people discredit everything past Embryodead (1997), some Bone Peeler (2004), and some dont give a shit when it came out, it is amazing.
With over 16 full length releases (not counting reissues and remasters,) it is hard to discredit anything :wumpscut: has ever done. I personally did not care for Evoke (2005), but I still own it and go back to it about every other year.
2011's Schrekk & Grauss is no different. It is an amazing album musically. Rudy, the sold member of :wumpscut:, takes the chances to use some different sounds and some different styles to make a really creepy album. It's not traditionally creepy, like brood-y creepy, but in kind of a tribal deep forest creepy.
There are some classic sounding songs, like "Muselmann," and there are some club tracks, like the title track, and there are some truly strange tracks, like "Jiddisch is A Zwillink."
For those of you who know what it is you are talking about, and are like me, buying all wumpscut releases without question, this is a review for you.
Schrekk & Grauss is half good. It has a lot of the same feel as Fuck It, and Siamese. There are some songs, like Muselmann that is reminiscent of Embryodead. The intro track Rudolf Wolzek kind of reminds me of the Bone Peeler days. So it's kind of all over the place. I didn't really care for Siamese. I really liked Fuck it. So if you like new :wumpscut:, you will like this. If you are in the high hope elitist chair that Rudy will go back to the Bunkertor 7 days, you wont like this.
Also, the remix album is worth buying just for the Muselmann (Thermonuclearity Remix).
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Pic of the Week 10/5/17
"Blanca Peak Sunrise"
Date taken: 9/23/17
Location: Highway 160 near Blanca, CO.
Continuing through the wild photo adventure that was my recent trip to Colorado, we arrive pre-sunrise on the second day of the trip and it was going to be a big one. Ian, Jaden, and myself had spent the previous day cramped up in the small Ford Focus we drove to Colorado. We drove through a small portion of the Highway of Legends, photographed the sunset from the lake, and ended it with a short milky way shoot behind the mountains. Needless to say, we were pretty exhausted from the traveling and turned in early for a good nights rest. The next day was going to be a busy. We had planned a sunrise shoot, a trip to Great Sand Dunes National Park during the day, and ending it with sunset shoot at San Luis Lake State Park. I did have concerns about the weather for 9/23. Some models were suggesting extensive cloud cover and wide spread rain over the area which would prevent us from seeing a good sunrise. Only time would tell.
I awoke around 4:30am before the alarm on my cell phone went off. I pulled up my phone and checked the infrared satellite and radar for our area. Nothing was really conclusive with the data so I would have to rely on good ol' observation. Ourside the tent it was perfectly still, there was no wind and only the chirping of crickets could be heard. There were patches of dark sky with a few stars in between the clouds. I looked off towards the west and could see a band of clear sky, this was the direction we would be traveling today. At 5:15am my alarm went off and woke everybody up, we gathered our gear and breakfast and climbed back in the car to make the 60 mile drive to our sunrise location.
When I learned we were not going to the Guadalupe Mountains for this trip I decided to go to Colorado as a backup. Thankfully, I had a cache of locations and sights I wanted to see stored on Google Earth. Its good having this information at my disposal, it makes it much easier when planning shots for a trip. One location I had marked was a scenic viewpoint off highway 160 outside of Blanca, CO. The pulloff gave an excellent view of the southern most Sangre De Cristos mountains. The goal was to arrive before sunrise and scout out compostitions and wait for sunrise.
When we arrived on location the skies around us had pretty much cleared, but one thing I didn't take into account was the elevation of the mountains and the cloud deck. The massive peaks were completely swallowed by a dark moody cloud which may not work so well for the sunrise shot I had envisioned. We waited for almost an hour watching the clouds slowly lift around the lower parts of the mountain, but the peaks were still covered by the clouds when the sun rose. Glorious warm light spread over the landscape and lit up most of the mountains. The 14,345' (elev) top of Blanca Peak could not be seen and we waited and waited as more and more cloud cover began to dissipate. Half of the mountain was bathed in the golden sunrise light, bringing the aspen in the foothills to an almost radiant state. The other half was shrouded in the shadow of the clouds turning everything near the top to a soft murky outline, almost ghost-like in appearance. I opted to use my telephoto lens and bring everything much closer revealing all of the drama in the scene. The tight shot also shows the little nuances of the photo. For instance you can see in the transition where some of the aspen are shining bright and the just behind them the other's fade into the shadows. It was a very dramatic scene and we captured it for quite a long time.
Eventually the clouds began to clear exposing the photogenic Mout Lindsey and Little Bear Peak, but Blanca Peak still remained in the clouds. In fact, for the rest of the day Blanca Peak would be masked by cloud cover and we wouldn't see it until the next sunrise. I have to say I was quite impressed with the photos I captured during this shoot, though it didn't come out like I had originally planned. It was still an excellent way to start our first full day in Colorado. I am quite fortunate to have these shots. After I got back home from this trip my hard drive got corrupted and erased 140+ images from this day. Luckily, I was able to recover all but ten of them. One of the ones recovered was this shot right here. I still have many more photos and stories to share from this trip.
Blanca Peak Sunrise © Ben Jacobi


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Richard Mosse's The Enclave documents rebel enclaves and sites of human rights violations in eastern Congo at a time of war. A war which is often tragically overlooked by the world and has resulted in 5.4 million deaths since 1998. Mosse captures these images using an extinct type of infrared film once used by the military to detect camouflaged areas by air, thus resulting in Technicolor. Recently, Mosse won the £30,000 Deutsche Börse Photography Prize for The Enclave.
The Impossible Image show an insight into the making of these images and the film that goes with it.
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text: For those of you that don't already know, today on June the 6th 2012 is the World IPv6 Launch Day. This is one of the most important events in history within the Internet. Google have already launched its informational site about IPv6. Code: http://www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/index.html Official World Launch site: Code: http://www.worldipv6launch.org/ Imagine being able to control your watches, fridges, microwaves, cars, etc all through your computer, this will all be possible thanks to the amount of IP addresses available. We will no longer have to worry about the fact that there may not be enough IP address to get every possible device connected together. Sounds quite fascinating and pretty much limitless, the only limit will be our imagination. In terms of Internet Marketing, what do you guys think? Is today the day the Golden Era will start for Blackhatters and others alike? With the amount of IP's that will be available they are expected to be very cheap and easily obtainable. I don't fully understand how IPv6 works because I haven't done my research yet but if the IP's won't be leaving tracks behind themselves then the opportunities will be pretty much endless.


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Mon, 22 December 2014
Last night, CBS's Undercover Boss featured Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto and we have to say... he looked pretty good. It was great to see Bill, now ten months into his administration, working to acheive the vision he talked about as a candidate.
We are re-broadcasting our 2013 converstaion with then-councilman and candidate Peduto (though he was the presumed next mayor) about his dreams for Pittsburgh, and what it would take to get there. Regardless of your political affiliation, it is clear that there is a common goal here harkening back to the era of David L. Lawrence and R. K. Mellon. It's a promising time in this city.
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This week our guest is Missy Moreno! Missy is an improviser, actress, comedian, writer and producer, putting on some of the funniest cabaret style shows at Arcade Comedy Theater. She spent years at Second City, went through their musical improv conservatory and came back home to Pittsburgh... almost unintentionally... and has now began to make her mark here once again.
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Sat, 4 October 2014
On your program today it's Fred Betzner. Fred is a comedy writer and actor who has done many many things here in town, most recently creating the wildly popular "Knights of the Arcade" series. This is the show that features hilarious, improvised Dungeons and Dragons quests, all performed in front a live audience at Arcade Comedy Theater. It's been going on for over a year, started to get some national attention is now available in podcast form. Fred sits down to talk about that, and a whole lot more
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Sat, 6 September 2014
This week our guest is Kevin McMahon, President of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. If you are unfamiliar, that is the organization that started 30 years ago, with the mission of transforming the seedy Penn and Liberty corridor of Downtown Pittsburgh into a thriving cultural center. Today the Culture District is home to theaters, art galleries, jazz clubs, a museum or two, performance spaces, restaurants, and tons of great cultural amenities.
Direct download: Episode_57_-_Kevin_McMahon_mixdown.mp3
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Sun, 10 August 2014
This week's guests are Myq Kaplan (Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central Presents, etc) the quick witted, word-playing standup comedian along with actor/comedian Micah Sherman who has been a million things, and Zach Sherwin who you may know from Epic Rap Battles of History or appearing on late night TV or his own youtube channel with his extremely funny and smart rapping.
Myq, Zach and Micah are on tour this month, and stopped by the Arcade Comedy Theater for a show on Wednesday August 6th.
Heads Up: Some NSFW language in this one!
Direct download: My_Kaplan_Zach_Sherwin_Micah_Sherman_mixdown.mp3
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Sat, 19 July 2014
This week we are rebroadcasting our conversation from January with Josh Raulerson, local host of NPR's "Morning Edition" on 90.5 WESA, Pittsburgh's FM News Station.
Many people know Josh (or his voice, at least) from their morning commute, and while most probably realize he is intellectual and witty, it's likely that few realize how highly educated Josh is, or how long he has been working radio. Josh has his Phd. in English and started broadcasting all the way back in his high school days in Iowa.
Josh sits down to talk education, media, Pittsburgh, and the future of public broadcasting.
Direct download: Episode_40_R_-_Josh_Raulerson.mp3
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Sat, 12 July 2014
This week we are rebroadcasting our conversation with Sean Collier from December of 2013.
Sean Associate Editor of Pittsburgh Magazine, a correspondent for WDVE's morning show and the host of the podcast "You Can't Handle The Truth: Honest Reviews of New Movies" in which he and a guest record their immediate reactions to brand new movies after seeing a screener. It's also a show we just happen to produce from the Writing on the Floor studios (and Zach is an occasional guest - most recently in July of 2014, reviewing Dawn of the Planet of the Apes). Sean is also a stand-up comic, and we talk about writing, Pittsburgh, comedy and a whole lot more.
Direct download: Sean_Collier_Episode_File_2_R_mixdown.mp3
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Sun, 6 July 2014
This week are re-posting our episode from December of 2012 with Mandy McFadden and Laura Zorch, two of the four authors of EatPGH. A lot of great stuff has happened with thier work since, but this was a fun conversation.
They sat down in the studio to talk about their continued success with their book, their tour, the blog that started it all, and to talk about the upcoming presentation at South by Southwest. That's right, the four brilliant young women from EatPGH are presenting at The SXSW digital conference. Amazing.
This is a fun episode with two really funny, awesome Pittsburghers who are following what they love and getting some much-deserved attention. They should serve as an example to anyone who has a passion for something to pursue it however possible. Check them out at EatPGH.com
Direct download: EPISODE_20_R_-_EatPGH_Part_II.mp3
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Tue, 1 July 2014
This week we are "rebroadcasting" our 2013 interview with Kahmeela Adams and Nina Gibbs, the duo behind the Pittsburgh chapter of The 48 Hour Film Project. The project is coming up in just a few weeks, so we figured it would be a good time to revisit our converstaion about it! Kahmeela and Nina have been running it for the last 6 years, and they stop by to talk about that, their work with the storied Hollywood theater in Dormont, how they got inovlved in filmmaking, and how you can get involved yourselves!
Direct download: 48_hour_film.mp3
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Fri, 20 June 2014
Rick Sebak, the man about town, hero to many, inspiration to more is on our show IN THE STUDIO this week to talk about his Pittsburgh History Series, the new special "A History of Pittsburgh in 17 Objects", living in Pittsburgh, and so much more!
Cards on the table, Rick is a hero of Zach's, always has been, and it was WAY cool to have him in our studio, to answer questions from Zach's own nerdy curiosity muscle (a term I uses for his brain now and then... )
Direct download: Rick_Sebak_2__mixdown.mp3
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Solving problems with very large java heaps
Users depend on our sites to be up and running at all times. We have many critical services that are required to be up and running in order to deliver that uptime, and thus those critical services need to be able to respond to changes in user behavior and load. This is a story about one of our hotel content services that feeds large amount of hotel content to systems throughout Expedia, how it temporarily ran into problems, and how we fixed it.
This content service is responsible for serving content such as amenity descriptions, hotel descriptions, image metadata, etc. in 40+ languages for more than 230K properties (and counting). The result is a dataset of almost a terabyte of data that keeps growing every day.
The current version of these services uses a distributed computing grid based on a piece of commercial software. It has served us well and while no technology is perfect, we were satisfied with the the performance of our grid.
Erroneous assumptions can be disastrous. — Peter Drucker
Back in January we began to see occasional spikes in the amount of data being processed in the grid, which were translating into a small number of response failures. We initially thought that these spikes were related to traffic and started working on solutions to solve for periodic traffic bursts.
What we didn't know at the time was that we were not experiencing traffic bursts. Our incorrect assumption was based on a misinterpretation of the internal metrics and transaction logs which were indicative of piling up of requests more than a spike in received requests. We started designing a solution to address similar problems of traffic spikes, on a newer REST API. We also investigated alternate solutions to our commercial solution, such as Hazelcast in the cloud with AWS. For many months, despite these spikes, the system ran fine and we did not have any major issues.
In late summer (which tends to be a very high traffic time for travel companies) we started seeing significant failures. Following our theory of "increased traffic" we added more clusters to support the load and we did in fact see some temporary gain in stability. However the root cause was not cleanly identified and we started experiencing recurrent issues with both new and old clusters. The typical symptom was that one node would go down followed by another one few minutes later, and another one until the whole cluster would finally crash.
Working with the vendor we were able to identify some full garbage collection (GC) pauses that were impacting the system. These stop-the-world GC pauses would last from 2 to 5 minutes and the data nodes experiencing these pauses would get excluded from the distributed system, therefore putting the whole system in jeopardy. The most disturbing part was that the same dataset was running without failures on the previous version of the vendor's product. Our new goal was to eliminate these blocking GC pauses. The priority became to reproduce the pauses in the lab environment.
Unfortunately a lab reproduction turned out to be elusive. Despite being able to generate high traffic volumes, the stress environment only partially reproduced the read and write patterns from production. In the production system the content is in a constant state of flux with high and varying levels of load, as well receiving large amounts of new content from real time updates and larger batch processes. These processes cause even more writes to the data grid.
Meanwhile, production failures kept happening with different symptoms and made the investigation even harder to narrow down. So the issue could not be reproduced in lab and it was not reproducing consistently in production either. Several different garbage collection parameters were iterated through without much success. Production was working, but experiencing periods of slow responses and degradation that we weren't remotely happy with.
The break in the investigation came by throwing out assumptions already made (as it almost always does in these situations) and doing a very deep dive of all the metrics. We uncovered that the full GC pauses were being initiated not from a lack of total available memory, but by high heap fragmentation. We were using large JVM heaps (110GB) on each of the data nodes and the Concurrent Mark Sweep garbage collector to reduce the GC pauses and footprints. However, that GC strategy does not compact the heap while collecting garbage and because of the high diversity of content per lodging property the heap was getting more and more fragmented over time.
What is heap fragmentation?
Heap fragmentation occurs as objects are allocated and deallocated. It is much more efficient for programs to work with contiguous blocks of memory so that is what the allocators give out when something asks for memory. Small requests break up that contiguous memory and eventually the available contiguous chunks of available memory become smaller and smaller. Then the Java VM must trigger a full garbage collection during which time it compacts the heap to make more contiguous memory available.
Java object allocation on the heap and fragmentation issues
Now we understood the problem, that it had been around for a while, and that only now were we feeling the full impact. We finally reached a heap usage level where full GC pauses were required to allow space allocation for newer objects on the heap. Another reason why we hadn't noticed it earlier is that using basic GC logging was not enough to track this fragmentation issue. It took the addition of an undocumented flag to see the problem:
One very obvious question is why a distributed system would not be able to handle one or multiple node failures. After all support for redundancy and failover is one of the reasons why we chose a distributed grid solution in the first place. In our case was that all nodes were running close to max capacity so each time one node failed, the other nodes become the primary distributors for the data residing on the failed node, increasing their own heap usage level (which was already suffering from the same fragmentation issue) and ultimately leading these nodes to fail as well. Effectively we had a capacity issue related to data storage and not related to traffic load.
As a stop-gap we reduced the total number of copies in the system from 3 to 2 as this would bring us enough redundancy in case of node failure while saving a lot of memory, and increased the heap size by 10GB. The longer term solution was to redesign with a newer approach, using more instances of smaller JVMs of 64GB per server. This would spread the load more evenly and reduce the duration of the full GC pauses. We also updated the cache eviction threshold to allow the distribute grid nodes to start pushing data to disk instead of RAM when they reach 80% of heap utilization.
It's okay to make mistakes but you should try not to make the same mistakes twice. Through this experience, we learned some valuable lessons:
- Keep heap usage in any application running large heap (64GB+) lower than 60% at any time. We had been running "hot" heap usage for the last year and we were bitten hard by it. Running above 50% heap usage should automatically trigger some capacity increase planning or a review of the existing data model to reach lower heap usage. In our case, organic data growth as well as extensive content generation capabilities to run A/B testing caused a considerable data volume growth over the past 18 months.
- Avoid full GC pauses by any means in any distributed cluster as the node running full GC is likely to get removed from the distributed cluster and in our case the version we were using had trouble re-joining. Using the famous G1 collector also proves to suit better the type of large VMs we are using and the plan moving forward is to run all the data grid nodes with this collector. It is meant for handling large heap JVMs with predictable GC pauses and compaction without sacrificing on throughput performance.
- Review all GC settings each time you upgrade major Java version (from 6 to 7, or 7 to 8, etc.).
- Review all distributed cluster/caching parameter settings each time you scale up the cluster capacity (number of buckets, for e.g.) or upgrade to a newer major version of the product. We had a very old setting that was preventing the distributed system from properly adjusting to the departure of any node in the system.
- Log the right information in the transaction log files. Traffic bursts were claimed to be the main problem; we had to perform a code fix to add the request receive time in the logs to confirm that these issues were not related to traffic spikes.
- Whenever possible, capture live traffic patterns to be able to reproduce the same traffic in lab environments for troubleshooting.
- More aggressive roadmap to upgrade older versions of software for Java and any third party product.
- Finally, last but not least, we learnt to address the symptoms by being more proactive in increasing capacity horizontally and vertically, despite not first knowing the root cause of the problem.
For the Content Systems teams,
Patrick Bradley, Philippe Deschenes and Rolland Mewanou.


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Natural Resources Climate Change Applied Science
Scientific research is undertaking in British Columbia in order to adapt the provincial natural resource sector to a changing climate, reduce carbon emissions and increase carbon sinks.
Government research programs deliver critical, science-based information to operational decision-makers, policy-makers and practitioners.
Research Topics
In B.C., scientific research into climate change is conducted under the provincial initiatives listed below.
Research includes projects funded under the Future Forest Ecosystems Scientific Council (FFESC).
Ongoing Research
- Determining the vulnerability of ecosystems to resource development and climate change
- Building adaptive capacity by providing flexible tools and comprehensive information to support management and decision-making
- Measuring and managing our carbon footprint
FFESC Projects
- Climate Change Adaptation Planning for Northwest Skeena Communities
- Adaptation Potential for Ecosystems & Forest Management in Southeastern B.C.
- Vulnerability of Canada's Tree Species to Climate Change & Management Options for Adaptation
- West Kootenay Resilience & Climate Change
- A Multi-Scale Trans-Disciplinary Vulnerability Assessment
- Validating Impacts, Exploring Vulnerabilities & Developing Robust Adaptive Strategies Under the Kamloops Future Forest Strategy (PDF)
- A Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for British Columbia's Managed Forests
- Executive Summary (PDF)
- Overview of Impacts
- Vulnerability Assessment Case Studies
- Appendices
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- Informing management practices to reduce the risk of significant predicted disturbances
- Natural resource development hazards (water and geomorphology)
- Building adaptive capacity by providing flexible tools and comprehensive information to support management and decision-making
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- Predicting Forest Insect Disturbance Under Climate Change (PDF)
- Risk Analysis & Decision Support Tool
- Reducing Vulnerabilities & Promoting Resilience of B.C.'s Natural & Human Systems Through Adaptation of Post-Disturbance Land Management Options
Articles & Reports
- The carbon balance of two lodgepole pine stands recovering from mountain pine beetle attack in B.C.
- The Carbon Conundrum: Fire and Fuel Management in Fire-prone Forests
- Evapotranspiration and canopy characteristics of two lodgepole pine stands following mountain pine beetle attack
- Impact of mountain pine beetle on the net ecosystem production of lodgepole pine stands in B.C.
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- Supporting non-timber and non-forest values in natural resource management systems within a changing climate
- Measuring and managing our carbon footprint
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- Integrating FFEI Scientific Predictions into Community Planning & Governance (PDF)
- Climate Change Adaptation Research for Forest & Rangeland Ecosystems: Resiliency Implications at the Landscape Level
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Ongoing Research
- Maintaining water quality and quantity
- Maintaining healthy aquatic ecosystems
FFESC Projects
Ongoing Research
- Fostering ecosystem resilience and adaptive capacity through management
- Building adaptive capacity by providing flexible tools and comprehensive information to support management and decision-making
FFESC Projects
- Soil & Ecological Baseline Data: Improvement & Delivery (DOCX)
- Climate Change Vulnerability of Old-Growth Forests in B.C.'s Inland Temperate Rainforest (PDF)
- Indicators of Sustainable Forest Management in a Changing Climate (PDF)
- Projecting Future Distributions of Ecosystem Climate Niches: Uncertainties & Management Applications (PDF)
- Climate Change Monitoring Strategy
Articles & Reports
Ongoing Research
- Developing and improving existing resource models to better estimate timber supply and range productivity and to support integrated decision-making
- Developing innovative and improved management practices that enhance timber supply and range productivity while reducing risks and maintaining site productivity
FFESC Projects
- Climate Change Adaptation: Potential Contributions of Red Alder in Coastal B.C.
- Managing for the Ecological & Socioeconomic Effects of Climate Change on B.C. Rangelands
- Uncertainty in Adaptation to Climate Change in Forest Management (PDF)
- Regeneration Vulnerability Assessment for Dominant Tree Species in the Central Interior of B.C. (PDF)
Articles & Reports
Ongoing Research
- Building adaptive capacity by providing flexible tools and comprehensive information to support management and decision-making
FFESC Projects
Articles & Reports
- Climate patterns, trends, and projections for the Omineca, Skeena, and Northeast Natural Resource Regions, B.C.
- ClimateWNA: high-resolution spatial climate data for western North America
- Corroboration of BEC climate zonation by spatially modelled climate data
- Enhancing provincial climate monitoring: the Forest Ecosystem Research Network and the Climate Related Monitoring Program
Past Initiatives
Future Forest Ecosystems Scientific Council, 2008–2012
In 2008, the Government of British Columbia established the Future Forest Ecosystems Scientific Council (FFESC) to guide research in support of the objectives of the FFEI.
The FFESC wrapped up its research program in 2012. The completed research is now helping to inform the B.C. Government's action plan for adapting forest and range management policies and practices to climate change.


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"Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering "
Electronics and Communication Department has been nurtured by some of the best minds of this century. Being the pioneer, and the most sought after branch of engineering Electronics & Communication Engineering forms the foundation for other disciplines like Computer Science, IT, Communications. Keeping in view the worldwide popularity of these branches and its apparently perceptible applicability in myriad other spheres.


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A Jasper-Troupsburg teacher's aide is accused of exchanging nude and explicit photos with a student at the Junior-Senior High School.
Authorities have charged 23-year-old Bethany Leach with Disseminating Indecent Material to Minors and Endangering the Welfare of a Child.
Investigators say Leach and the student used Facebook and Snapchat to trade pictures, but found no evidence of physical contact between the two.
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A Way Out...
Scripture Reading: 2 Chronicles 2:1-5:1 / 1 Corinthians 9:19-10:13 / Psalm 97:1-12
We all like back doors. We refer to quick exits, slipping out the back door and fire escapes metaphorically as opportunities to get out of suffocating, pressurized and uncomfortable circumstances. We like to know that we aren't trapped but able to somehow escape.
Temptation by definition is the desire to perform an action that one may enjoy immediately or in the short term but will probably later regret because of the consequences it brings. There are those who fight against temptation but others have no restraint or discipline when tempted. Instead of fighting against, they submit to temptation.
Some believe there is no escape from temptation and feel defenseless when the overwhelming power of temptation attacks their thoughts and will. They put up a good fight but have no restraint or discipline when tempted. Temptation made its presence in the Garden of Eden and unsuspecting man was drawn to it by their lust and pride. They willingly gave in to the temptation and mankind has since struggled with the allurement and consequences of sin.
Paul gives us a great word of encouragement in our struggle with temptation. He writes, "No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it." (1 Corinthians 10:13)
At times, we feel like our temptations are unique and that no one is tempted as great as we are. Temptation loves to magnify itself. It wants us to think it is faster, stronger, and more attractive than what it is. It is deceptive and never mentions the consequences of our surrender to it.
The truth is…God sees what we don't see and knows what we don't know. He understands that we are frail and susceptible to temptation's allurement. God does not leave us to our destruction but guides us through valleys of temptation and brings us to plateaus of grace and strength. God is faithful to us and makes a way that we can resist and stand up under temptation. We could not defeat the power of sin without the divine intervention of Christ and we can't defeat the power of temptation without His escape…He provides a way out!
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Pastor James Clark has pastored Calvary Assembly since 1985. He is blessed with his wife Yvonne, six children, two son-in-laws, a beautiful granddaughter and hopefully many more grandchildren to follow!
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Ashley Holmes Photography specialises in Dance School Photography, the Performing Arts, Family Portraits, Events and Social Photography. We are based in Leicester, where we cover not only the county of Leicestershire but also travel across the UK.
As part of our Dance Photography, we cover Dance Shows, providing action shots of both the Dress Rehearsal and the Show itself, and can also set up a studio to capture posed individual and group shots. Recently, a video service has been added so people can also get a DVD of the show as well as prints, albums and wall art.
We also cover Dance Festivals and Competitions where again we capture great action shots and can provide a full studio service.
To see how we can be of assistance to you, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
Thank you for visiting Ashley Holmes Photography - I hope you enjoy looking at my portfolio and I look forward to being of service.
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May 2013